A written or printed representation of a phoneme, as b for /b/ and oy for /oi/ in boy. Note: In English, a grapheme may be a single letter or a group of letters. It includes all the ways in which the phoneme may be written or printed.
Grapheme-phoneme correspondence
The relationship between a grapheme and the phoneme(s) it represents; letter-sound correspondence, as c representing /k/ in cat and /s/ in cent. Note: Technically, grapheme-phoneme correspondence refers to how letters correspond to sounds, not vice versa. Phonics as a teaching device in reading instruction concerns grapheme-phoneme correspondences-that is, how to pronounce words seen in print.
FROM: Indiana University
phonenemes and phonetics are an easy way to remember what a phoneme is. Basically the sounds that make up the word itself. Dialects and cultural laguage can be an issue here as some people will make word sounds/pronunciations differently.
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ReplyDeleteI also wanted to add a definition for phonological awareness (brought up on page 46):
ReplyDeletethe ability to orally manipulate phonemes in words
And to reiterate, a phoneme is the smallest unit of sound. A grapheme is the written representation of a phoneme using one or more letters.
(from: Being an Effective Teacher of Reading, page 13).